HEAC 🏴Jul 4, 2023
A little chain of this evening’s culture, following my earlier venture into cinema criticism. Tonight’s amble pods:
Super High Quality Podcast - life in The War on Drugs (the band, not the failed so-called policy) about their post Covid tours. Fascinating insight into musicians and touring
The Bugle - a satirical saunter around world news with Andy Zaltzman and guests. Consistently funny with some of the best puns out there.
#Podcasts
Show threadHEAC 🏴Jul 4, 2023
(Continued) The Infinite Monkey Cage - wasps v bees. Remains pretty unmissable for pop science
History Hit on Toto Koopman - fascinating story about a bisexual heroine.
I have a fairly static roster of podcasts but like to dip into other stuff now and then. Recommendations always welcome, but #TestMatchSpecial trumps everything
#Podcasts
Show threadHEAC 🏴Jul 4, 2023
On to books - I read every night in the bath. Current read is The Mabinogion, which is me trying to bone up on my Welsh folklore/mythology. Definitely an area I need to dive more deeply into. Tonight I finished the story of Peredur son of Efrog, an Arthurian tale.
Show threadHEAC 🏴Jul 4, 2023
Finally some telly: #Annika, a Scottish Scandi Noir with the incomparable #NicolaWalker - enjoying it thus far. Now on series 10 of #TheBlacklist which went beyond preposterous years ago but is unmissable because #JamesSpader. I would pay cash money to watch him do literally anything. #RichardWatchesTheTelly
Show threadPam NashJul 4, 2023
@meer_salt
I saw the trailer for Annika…
Worth a watch, then?
Show threadThe 37th Wombat 📚Jul 4, 2023
@Pam_Nashes @meer_salt I really enjoyed it. Such a pleasure.
Show threadPam Nash

@wombat37 @meer_salt
Two recommendations, added to my iPlayer list 😁
The other thing I added today was this, about the Titan, made a few months ago; in light of recent events it will be a little odd but hopefully illuminating to a degree.
The article in the New Yorker about the history of Titan was eye popping and made me wonder how anything like that, for which so many red flags were raised, was ever all to operate.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0fpz9zw

The Travel Show - Take Me To Titanic

A ground-breaking expedition to explore the world's most famous shipwreck.

BBC iPlayer
Jul 4, 2023 at 10:41pmWeb
Show threadHEAC 🏴Jul 4, 2023
@wombat37 @Pam_Nashes that looks fascinating. I find hubris remarkable.
Show threadPam NashJul 4, 2023

@meer_salt @wombat37
This is an astonishing read….with facts.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-titan-submersible-was-an-accident-waiting-to-happen